In the past week, we performed twice the "Soirée Jeunes Danseurs" at Opera Garnier. Due to the current sanitary restrictions, the two performances took place with an almost-empty audience. The first show (Friday evening) was only open to 150 to 200 members of the Paris Opera. A new "lockdown" in Paris was announced just the... Continue Reading →
The theatres are still closed in France..... and in the near future, we don't see any way out. So we continue rehearsing in the studios. The "Soirée Jeunes Danseurs" evening in which I am supposed to perform in Bluebird Pas de deux and Brumachon's "Indomptés" is probably going to be cancelled or postponed, but we... Continue Reading →
What a totally unexpectedly intense week I had! We have been deprived of performances and our usual dancer routine for more than a year now and all of a sudden, we had quite an incredibly tough week preparing for the upcoming (or not...) "Soirée Jeunes Danseurs" at the Paris Opera Ballet. It is a program... Continue Reading →
My appearance on TVB (Hong Kong television channel) on 29th December 2020, about my dancer's life during coronavirus crisis. https://vimeo.com/503865564
I can't remember the last time I went on this stage.... at least a year and a half ago. After the confinements, the renovation work, the strike........ the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet regained the mythical stage of the Palais Garnier yesterday afternoon, for a rehearsal of the traditional "Défilé". This will be, however,... Continue Reading →
Today is 17th January 2021 already. It took me 17 days to write and to wish you a happy new year 2021! After a very special 2020, with this unprecedented global pandemic, may this new year be more peaceful and most importantly, good health. The sanitary situation is not so well in France. The numbers... Continue Reading →
In order to complete my master degree course, it is required that we complete a 3-months internship in a company. So in September 2020, thanks to a friend of mine, I got the opportunity to work in a governmental organisation, Vallée Sud Grand Paris. Unlike last time, this one is a real internship with a... Continue Reading →
During the past two weeks, the Paris Opera Ballet have been preparing for a "come-back" series of La Bayadère performances at Opéra Bastille. In French government's last press conference, Emmanuel Macron planned to reopen the cultural institutions including museums, cinemas, theatres and concert halls on 15th December. After almost an entire year without performing on... Continue Reading →
After almost 8 months of work and preparation, it is finally here! Yesterday, on 1st December, the entire film "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", a collaboration with the pianist Alexandre Tharaud, was published on Warner Classics' YouTube Channel. Feeling excited to present this work, I am grateful for this opportunity and am curious to know... Continue Reading →
This second confinement in France is starting to show its effectiveness and since about a week, the numbers here are stable and began to go down. We now have around 20 000 confirmed cases daily (we hit as many as 80 000 cases per day a few weeks ago!) The shops, restaurants and bars who... Continue Reading →
